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3 The Lifetime of Manufacturing Equipment
Pages 9-14

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... accompanying shift to contract manufacturing in the closely related pharmaceutical industry means that there is surplus chemical manufacturing equipment KEY POINTS available and a developing global market seeking to • There is tremendous variation in the way individual purchase this equipment. (Prieto)
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From page 10...
... Turning to the subject of chemical equipment lifetime, "If your exporter does not have a program that is grounded in Mooney quipped that chemical manufacturing equipment these elements…chances are there is going to be no control never dies, but rather it comes back to life in some other and there is going to be an issue," Mooney stated. form with some other use because of the significant initial
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From page 11...
... One unusual feature of chemical involved in building a piece of equipment -- and infrastruc- manufacturing equipment is that labor costs rise with the ture, which includes the large facilities at which equipment is size of the equipment, giving countries with low labor costs put together. He also said that the equipment manufacturing a competitive advantage when it comes to building large business is become less rather than more integrated, with pieces of equipment.
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... The impact of these three trends, said Prieto, is that there is both surplus manufacturing equipment available and a developing global market looking to purchase this equipOBSERVATIONS FROM THE FIELD ment. The advent of online marketplaces, such as eBay and As an introduction to her talk, Ana Prieto explained that others, makes it more likely that this surplus equipment she would be speaking from her perspective as an environ- will move across borders and become challenging to track.
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... Clara Zahradnik, the has as many as 30 factories making glass-lined equipment, session moderator, added that a key consideration is to have though only a few can meet global quality requirements, trust in one's trading partners, and given that many of the and there are some smaller companies that specialize in re- chemical weapons that are appealing to terrorist groups can glassing used equipment. In the United States, surplus equip- be "made in washtubs," it is equally as important to control ment brokers are major supplies of glass-lined equipment.
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From page 14...
... Department of State said that various regulatory codes. Shao replied that China does have there are efforts ongoing to teach "responsible science" at such an organization that does help set national standards and the university level and that various educational organizacodes.
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  • raw materials
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  • chemicals totaled
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  • corrosion resistance
  • ana prieto
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